Antique, Art, Events, Music, Photography

Photography – A Stunning Element

February 17, 2016February 22, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

Los Angeles – The Wiltern Theatre

a beautiful 1930 Art Deco’ architecture considered one of the finest examples in United States, salvaged and restored from neglect and decay it is a symbol of history and Art preservation for the City of Los Angeles. The theatre is located inside the green-turquoise Pellissier Building you can read more about the interesting history here.

My photo shows details of the stunning and dramatic element featured on the ceiling overlooking the box-office at the entrance. I love the angle I was able to capture and the lighting in contrast with the dark shade creating a beautiful effect of “chiaroscuro” it seems almost a monochrome. I love this photo and I hope you do to!

In June 2015 I had the privilege to attend a great concert in this beautiful venue, you can read my post “A Magical Evening of Guitars”. It was a wonderful experience for me as an artist to see the beauty of this historical theatre. The more I was looking around the more I felt I was back in time. As soon I walked inside the magnificent decorated oval-shaped lobby, I was imagining how many shows have been hosted in such great place during the 1930s and 40s until our days, all the amazing artists that have performed there. I could visualize all the people walking around the lobby wearing their fancy hats and fashionable outfits of that era. The ceilings inside are amazing and all decorated with beautiful elements, over the walls there are shapes of beautiful flowers artistically painted. One of the most striking element of the interior design is a huge sunburst placed on the ceiling of the auditorium, each ray is created as its own Art Deco skyscraper. I was there attending a modern Rock Concert having the feeling to be in an old-fashioned historical venue, where I was back in time and into the modern era at the same time, it was amazing! I felt a great vibe. My native country is Italy, I grow up surrounded by the most amazing Art and architecture hundred and hundred of years of Art history are still alive throughout the magnificent buildings, sculptures, paintings on almost every city in Italy because it is very important to preserve and salvage our Art. I am glad that The Wiltern Theatre is an example of preservation here in US and for sure it is a place to visit in Los Angeles if you interested in Art and Architecture and nonetheless a great vibe-filled and intimate venue for great concerts.

I hope that you enjoyed my photography and this post!
There is any special Art-preserved place in your city?
Feel free to talk about it in the comments!

Thank you for sharing ;-)

-CR

Haiku, Life, Photography, Poems, Poetry

Haiku – 5.7.5 – Trace

February 15, 2016February 15, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

Trace

A pen is tracing words

on a paper expression of your soul

writing is liberating a trace

-CR

Haiku 5.7.5
©Copyright Carolina Russo

(Photo source Google search)

Emotions, Music, Quotes, Videos

The Cure “Lovesong” performed by Adele

February 14, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

The Cure is one of my favorite band they created this beautiful song “Lovesong” I love the music and the lyrics and the way the Original song sound!
I found this version performed greatly by Adele I hope that you enjoy this moment while listening!

Wish you all a wonderful and Happy Valentine’s Day!!! <3

“Love is the center of everything” – ©CR

Art, Friendship, Illustration, Jewelry Design, Sketch Book, Uncategorized

Artist to Artist Talk…SketchBooks!

February 10, 2016February 10, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

Dragonfruit pink Flower copy — Ink & Watercolors

Today I am going to share tips, inspiration and insights for creative minds and inspiring spirits and I know there are many of you out there. I like to help you to get inspired and nurture your creativity to create more of your great work during your artistic journeys.

SKETCHBOOKS are something essential for the evolution and growth of every artist or creative spirit.

You can use sketchbooks for different purposes and if you are someone like me that likes to express and experiment with creativity in different ways, then, you want to have many of them in different sizes and paper weight, to use with any kind of media you like to work with.

Always have a sketchbook for storing ideas to develop later on and always keep one with you in your bag wherever you go. I also use one for my Poems and Haiku. Sketching is something that I always did since very young age. I always loved to doodle around on any paper I had on handy, also on paper napkins if that was the only paper available…lol
Well when an inspirational idea comes you have to be able to grab it or would be gone forever!
During my years of Art School I used to sketch a lot for Jewelry Design and for other art projects, at that time also I did lots of Fashion Design sketches which I still love to do.

I had a nice and inspiring conversation about the use of sketchbooks with my dearest friend Norwegian Artist Magny Tjelta from the beautiful Blog “A Journey Into The Magic of Creativity” please give her a visit her art is beautiful!

I was reading one of Magny latest post about Sketchbooks ideas and I had a question, which I believe many of you has when comes the time to organize your creative thoughts, so I left my question in her comments and here it is…

Me:
Hi Magny, talking about Sketchbooks I like to prompt a question here that will help others and inspire…You have beautiful sketch books! Do you have all your sketch books categorized and dedicated by subjects? Or do you just mix different subjects on each page?

Magny TJelta:
Hi Carolina,
What a great question! Sketch books are very important for developing skills, capturing ideas, trying out new things and lots more.
Firstly I have to admit that, as an artist I am always looking for bargains, and when I see a sketch book at a good price, I can’t resist buying it. I don’t always know what I will do with it, but I always have several sketch books that I am working on at any one time.
I always have one that is for “anything and everything”. I will pop this one in my bag if I am going out with no particular purpose.
I have another that is to help me push my boundaries. It is for 15 minute sketches or paintings of whatever I happen to be looking at. I will use this one at a cafe, or sitting on a bench in the park or even while I’m sitting in the car waiting to pick up my daughter. It means that even the “taxi-mom” journeys can be productive.
At the moment I also have one that is just for flowers, one for travels and holidays, one for faces and perhaps my favorite is my sketchbook for wishful thinking and dream holidays that was made from an old poetry book.

Me:
Thank you Magny for this beautiful answer to my question. I see that we do pretty much the same thing! LoL I love to buy sketchbooks anytime like you and I have many! Every occasion or sale is good to get one more…lol

Rose Quartz_mpearl earrings — Earrings Sketch

I find it very inspiring to share with others and I have a question for YOU ” how do you use your sketchbooks?” I really would like to know. I love to hear from you. I’m always pleased and interested nonetheless surprised with the wonderful ideas and insights that my readers share. Please feel free to answer and share your thoughts in the comment space.

I wish you a great day and maybe this post inspired you a little…
make good use of your sketchbooks and when they are new don’t be afraid of the blanc pages….

-CR

© Copyright Carolina Russo

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Among Nature Jewelry Collection, Art, Avant garde, Illustration, Jewelry Design, Photography, Sketch Book, Uncategorized, Wired Jewelry

Sketch Book – Design in progress

February 6, 2016February 6, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

“Among Nature” Jewelry Collection 2016 –
©Design by Carolina Russo

Art, Digital Art, Digital Unique Portraits, Messages to readers, One of a kind, Photography, Uncategorized, When nature meets humans

Update: Digital Art Portraits – New Page

February 3, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

Portrait #3- Silver wave — Portrait #3 – Silver Wave

“When Nature Meets Humans”
– A Digital Art Portraits Collection –

You can see the new updated page here or to find it go to my drop down menu > click
>My Art Ways
then click > Digital Portraits

Thank you for stopping by
your comments are precious! <3

-CR

©Copyright Carolina Russo

Art, Digital Art, Emotions, Haiku, Illustration, Life, Nature, Poetry

Haiku – Breathe

February 1, 2016February 17, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

Breathe

Cold wind is blowing

I am breathing freedom

looking into your eyes

-CR

Haiku & Digital Art
©Copyright Carolina Russo

Art, Emotions, Haiku, Life, Poems, Poetry

Haiku – Magic solitude

January 30, 2016February 17, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

Magic Solitude

Rain drops of magic solitude

reflection of tomorrow

while drawing life

-CR

¨¨✿¨¨

©Copyright Carolina Russo

Art, Emotions, Life, Music, Videos

Music – The Twilight Sad

January 30, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

Song from the album ‘Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave’

“There’s A Girl In The Corner”

And you’re not coming back
And you’re not coming back from this
She’s not coming back
And she’s not coming back from this

There’s a girl in the corner
And she’s crying for you
Gonna die for you
She’s not coming back
She’s not coming back from this
And you’re not coming back
And you’re not coming back again

You said you’d leave me and I’ll forget
I’m more than one and I see how it fights
You thought you want me but you just forget
You rolled in on but not too far
And you’re not coming back
And you’re not coming back from this

To all the boys you knew,
And all the [?] outside, outside,
Outside, outside, outside

She’s not coming back
And she’s not coming back again
You say you feel it too much
You say you feel it too much
She’s not coming back
She’s not coming back
She’s not coming back
And she’s not coming back for me.

Have a great day you all…

Thank you to The Twilight Sad for their great music! <3

-CR

Health, Natural remedies, Nature, Seasons, wellness

A Powerful Antibiotic from Nature…

January 28, 2016January 28, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

Hello everyone,

this is not one of my usual post but is about “Health” and “Natural Remedies” I feel that this is something I like to share with all of you, especially right now that is Winter Season it’s easy to get sick, weather change, cold temperatures, snow, rain, cold wind, humidity and so on…we need to be wise and protected because cold and flu is easy to catch and is not fun.
I have to say that I am a strong believer of the power of Nature not just in my Art but in everything I do and I use natural homemade remedies. I have seen great results most of the time.
What I am going to share is the recipe I used to cure my “Cold” when I got sick around New Years Eve.
My symptoms were a cold associated with sore throat, cough, loss of voice, muscle aches.
This special and precious natural mixture did wander for me and is known as the “Turmeric Golden Honey” is claimed to be one of the strongest natural antibiotic. When you take these two ingredients together it strengthens your “Immune System” and is as well a great anti inflammatory.
The mixture is composed of Turmeric and Raw organic Honey. Turmeric is a root part of the Ginger family cultivated in India and Asia, when dry is a powder having an intense yellow color used as spice for cooking, can be found in every food market, actually is really good and add a unique and exotic taste to your food giving you lots of great health benefits. (I suggest you to Google health benefits of Turmeric).

The Turmeric yellow color is very pigmented and maybe you remember one of my previous post where I explain how I experimented Watercolor painting with Turmeric .

Now let’s get the “Turmeric Golden Honey” recipe:

Ingredients are:

3.5 oz. (100 grams) of Raw Organic Honey. (I use organic raw wildflower honey)
1 tbsp. of Turmeric powder.

Preparation of the mixture:

Add 1 tbsp. of Turmeric in 3.5 oz. (100 grams) of raw organic honey, mix very well with a wooden spoon and place the Golden Honey mixture in a glass jar.
If you want to make more double the dose and store it at room temperature.

How to Use:

Take upon the first symptoms of colds and flu:

Day 1 – Take ½ tsp. every hour during the day.
Day 2 – Take ½ tsp. every two hours during the day.
Day 3 – Take ½ tsp. three times a day.

The Golden Honey mixture should stay in the mouth until dissolved.

The cold usually passes after three days, in mild cases, but sometimes takes longer for the body to recover.
I took this for one week and kept taking ½ tsp. once a day for few more days when I was feeling better until the cold was gone just to keep my immune system strong. Thanks to this homemade mix you can be able to prevent cold without taking any drugs and prescriptions and use it as alternative.

Use it also to boost the Immune System Take ½ tsp once every couple of days as needed.

I remind you strongly that if you suffer of any medical condition and taking any medications please consult your doctor before trying this natural alternative as it may have adverse effects on some individuals.

Please note:
some information contained on this website are not meant to be a substitute for any medical advice, treatment or diagnosis by a physician or other health care provider. You should never ignore advice from a medical professional or delay obtaining medical advice because of any information you may have read on this Blog. YesterdayAfter.com

I wish you all to stay healthy

If you try this recipe let me know how did work on you ;-)

-CR

Images that are not my own were found on Google.